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The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 18, sentence 80

While they were eating, the eagle questioned his guest about his travels, and if he was wandering for pleasure’s sake, or with any special aim.

Who acts: feet, eagle, king · What happens: eat, question, travel, wonder · To what, where: guest

This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (feet, eagle, king), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

The tree

marknsubjauxadvclpunctdetnsubjnmod:possobjmarknmod:possadvclpunctccmarknsubjauxadvclcasenmod:posscaseoblpunctcccasedetamodoblpunctrootWhileSCONJtheyPRONwereAUXeatingVERB,PUNCTtheDETeagleNOUNquestionedVERBhisPRONguestNOUNaboutSCONJhisPRONtravelsVERB,PUNCTandCCONJifSCONJhePRONwasAUXwanderingVERBforADPpleasureNOUN’sPARTsakeNOUN,PUNCTorCCONJwithADPanyDETspecialADJaimNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhilewhileSCONJ_4 eatingmark
2theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 eatingnsubj
3werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 eatingaux
4eatingeatVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 questionedadvcl
5,,PUNCT_4 eatingpunct
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 eagledet
7eagleeagleNOUNNumber=Sing8 questionednsubj
8questionedquestionVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 guestnmod:poss
10guestguestNOUNNumber=Sing8 questionedobj
11aboutaboutSCONJ_13 travelsmark
12hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 travelsnmod:poss
13travelstravelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 guestadvcl
14,,PUNCT_19 wanderingpunct
15andandCCONJ_19 wanderingcc
16ififSCONJ_19 wanderingmark
17hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 wanderingnsubj
18wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 wanderingaux
19wanderingwonderVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 questionedadvcl
20forforADP_23 sakecase
21pleasurepleasureNOUNNumber=Sing23 sakenmod:poss
22’s'sPART_21 pleasurecase
23sakesakeNOUNNumber=Sing19 wanderingobl
24,,PUNCT_29 aimpunct
25ororCCONJ_29 aimcc
26withwithADP_29 aimcase
27anyanyDETPronType=Ind29 aimdet
28specialspecialADJDegree=Pos29 aimamod
29aimaimNOUNNumber=Sing19 wanderingobl
30..PUNCT_8 questionedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1eatpast · progressivefeet = footvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2question speech: otherpastthe eagleking's guestvn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Recipient
3travelpresentthe eagle not said herevn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4wonder speech: ask a condition, not said to happenpast · progressivekingfor pleasure's sake; with any special aimvn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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